Re: Re: This is for you GEORGE MARS IS NOT HOME... SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IS HOME... ...BUT I SURE COULD HAVE IT MY WAY!!! CASH---OR CREDIT CARDS ONLY... NO DEBIT CARDS...TAKES TOO LONG FOR A CREDIT REPORT TO BE RUN... AND WE JUST CAN'T TAKE ANY CHECKS...OF ANY KIND!!!
Re: Re: Re: Re: This is for you GEORGE Hey now, Colorado is not THAT bad. Granted, its no New York, but its not that bad.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: This is for you GEORGE IT'S NO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA... NOTHING LIKE 70 DEGREES FOR CHRISTMAS!!!
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: This is for you Colorado is nice. I may move there some day, if things work out. GEORGE, I hate to disagree with you, but 70 degrees is not Christmas weather. Christmas is supposed to be white. That means a four-letter word--SNOW!!
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: This is for you Still waiting for the "interplanetary, highly enriched, weapons grade, plutonium visa".
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: This is for you My husband is always complaining because no matter where we go, I have to find a Wal*Mart. He's convinced that my goal in life is to visit every Wal*Mart in existence. Not a bad goal, actually, but I don't know that I'd go all over the country JUST to go to Wal*Mart. But since I'm already there, wherever it is, might as well check it out. GEORGE, are you going to manage this new one?
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: This is for you I just wish there were as many Sonic Drive In's as Wal-Marts.... Could use a Sonic Burger 'bout now. Byteme Uprooted Texan Transplanted Washitonian
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: This is for you Yeah, a cheese and chili coney sounds good right about now. Good thing we have Sonics in CO!
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: This is Boo hoo, we don't have any Sonic Drive-In's here in Chicago and have to go down to Springfield or St. Louis to get to one. I had never experienced Sonic till 2 years ago when we drove to Gulf Shores, Alabama for vacation and my husband introduced me to Chili Cheese Tots - num!! (husband is from Texas so he grew up on Sonic). Now we plan all of our road trips to Texas and Gulf Shores around all the Sonics (Microsoft Streets & Trips program can show you all the Sonics in the whole country!). Oh, and their Toasters!!
This is Actually, As a native Texan, and wife of an OU grad, I have determined that Sonic is really an Oklahoma thing. Texans have Dairy Queen aka DQ, and home of soft serve ice cream. LB - no Sonics in Ohio? You guys are really deprived.
Re: This is ***Never heard of Sonics till I saw it in this thread. Texans have Dairy Queen aka DQ ,we have 2 of these in our small town. BTW Can anybody tell me the name of the first organized settlement in the Northwest Territory?
Re: This is NO: But We Do Got This>----->>L O LHow to be an Ohioan: > >After several years of living in Ohio, I know >how to be an Ohioan. While I was learning, I >have noted some guidelines which would be >helpful to newcomers. So here are some >suggestions and hints to assist them. > >1. Know the state casserole. The State casserole consists of canned green >beans, Campbell's >cream of mushroom soup and dried onions. >You can safely take this casserole to any >social event and know that you will be accepted. >In fact, Neil Armstrong almost took this >casserole to the moon in case he encountered >alien life there. NASA nixed the plan out of >concern that the casserole would overburden >the Apollo rocket at lift-off. > >2. Get used to food festivals. The Ohio >General Assembly, in an effort to grow bigger offensive linemen, passed >legislation years >ago requiring every incorporated community >to have at least one festival per year dedicated >to a high-fat food. Thus, Sugarcreek honors >Swiss cheese, Troys delights in >Strawberries, Bucyrus has a bratwurst >celebration and Gahanna, seeking >an edge over other towns, has recently >introduced the Triglyceride and >Low-density Lipoprotein Festival. It is your >duty as an Ohioan to attend these festivals >and at least buy an elephant ear. > >3. Know the geography....Of Florida, I mean. >I've run into Ohioans who couldn't tell you >where Toledo is located but they know the exact distance from Fort Myers to >Bonita Springs. >That's because all Ohioans go to Florida in >the winter. Or plan to when they retire. Or are >related to retired Ohioans who have a place in Sarasota. We consider >Florida >to be the Lower >Peninsula of Ohio. > >4. If you can't afford to spend the winter in >Florida, use the state excuse, which is that you >stay here because you like the change of >seasons. You'll be lying, but that's OK. >We've all done it. > >5. Speaking of Ohio weather, wear layers or >die. The thing to remember about Ohio >seasons is that they can occur at anytime. >We have spring-like days in January and >wintry weekends in October. April is capable >of providing a sampling of all four seasons >in a single 24-hour period. For these reasons, >Ohio is the Layering Capital of the World. Even layering, however, can pose >danger...Golfers >have been known to dress for hypothermia >and end up dead of heat stroke because they >couldn't strip off their layers of plaid fast >enough on a changeable spring morning. > >6. Don't take Ohio place names literally. >- Upper Sandusky is below regular Sandusky. >- Circleville is square. >- East Liverpool has no counterpart to the west. >- Also, if a town has the same name as a foreign capital... Lima or Berlin >or Louisville, for example......you must not >pronounce it that way lest you come under >suspicion as a spy. Hence, it's not LEE-ma >as in Peru, but LYE-ma as in bean, and it's >BER-lin, not Ber-LIN, like in Germany. >Louisville in Ohio is pronounced Looisville, >not Looeyville as in Kentucky. > >7. Become mulch literate. Ohioans love mulch >and appreciate its subtle differences. Learn the difference between >hardwood, >cypress and >pine bark at a minimum. Researchers think the >state affinity with mulch derives from >its relatively flat terrain. People have a >subconscious need for topography, and when >it can't be supplied naturally, they are more >likely to make little mulch hillocks in their front >yards. > >8. In order to talk sports with obsessive fans >in Ohio, you have to be knowledgeable on >three levels -- professional, college and high >school. The truly expert Ohio sports fan >knows not only the name of the hotshot >quarterback at Abercrombie Fitch High School, >but also what college he's interested in, how >much he bench-presses, who he took to the >prom and what he got on his biology quiz last >week. > >9. Remember that Ohioans are never the >first to embrace trends. When we do >embrace them, we do so with a Midwestern pragmatism. For example, if you >see >an >Ohioan with a nose ring, there's a good chance >he's had it undercoated to guard against rust. > >10. The best way to sell something in Ohio is to >attach the term "Amish" to it. The product >need not be genuinely Amish. This would >explain the existence of Amish moo shu pork. > >I hope you found this information useful. If it >offends you, please let me know and I will >prepare a green bean casserole to bring to your >home to make amends